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On Thursday, a hawker was driving his scallion pancake truck from Taoyuan to Keelung and doing business. Then, on one stop, he went to the restroom and forgot to turn off his burner, causing his deep fryer filled with oil to catch fire, emitting enormous flames. When he returned, he tried unsuccessfully to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher, only to burn his hand and have the blaze grow bigger. Let’s see what happened.

Flames burn fiercely out of a hawker’s truck. The blaze originated from a deep frying wok. Impossibly black, thick smoke shot into the sky, not only burning through the entire roof, but even damaging a sign on a nearby drugstore.

When the firefighters arrived, they immediately used fire extinguishers to put out the fire, but after the entire canister was used up, the fire was still just as big. They then had to change their approach and spray water to extinguish it.

With a powerful jet of water, the fire was finally extinguished, leaving only the frame of the stand.

- The metal cover next to it got too hot and instantly caught fire.
- Your hands are burned!
- Put some ice on them.

Kao Cheng-huang
Keelung City Fire Department
The deep fryer for selling scallion pancakes caught fire, and we quickly set up water lines to put it out.

On Fuxing Road in Keelung City, the scallion pancake hawker’s truck caught fire when the owner suddenly needed to use the restroom and forgot to turn off the burner, causing hot oil to splatter and start a fire. The owner immediately grabbed a fire extinguisher to put out the fire, but the fire only intensified, and he also burned his hands. Firefighters remind the public that if a cooking oil fire occurs, do not pour water on it, and don’t rush for the fire extinguisher.

Kao Cheng-huang
Keelung City Fire Department
The correct method is to first cover the pot with a lid, then turn off the power and the range hood. After covering it, cover the pot with a damp towel and let it sit for five minutes to cool down before opening the pot lid.

In addition to covering the oil pan with its lid in order to cut off the air and extinguish the fire, fire fighters also said that a certain distance must be maintained when using a fire extinguisher to avoid high-pressure gas causing hot oil to splatter everywhere and burn even more.

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